Erdoğan rising : the battle for the soul of Turkey /

Who is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and how did he lead a democracy on the fringe of Europe into dictatorship? How has chaos in the Middle East blown back over Turkey's borders? And why doesn't the West just cut Erdogan and his regime off. Hannah Lucinda Smith has been living in Turkey as the Tim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Hannah Lucinda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : William Collins, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Two Turkeys, two tribes
  • Syria: the backstory
  • Building brand Erdoğan
  • Erdoğan and friends
  • Syria: the war next door
  • The exodus
  • The Kurds
  • Peace, interrupted
  • The coup
  • Atatürk's children
  • Erdoğan's new Turkey
  • Spin
  • The misfits
  • The war leaders
  • Erdoğan's endgame.